Do not delay in reporting your injury or illness. Your employer may authorize a doctor at the time of your accident, but the insurance carrier must authorize follow-up treatment.
If your accident results in emergency treatment, be sure to tell the emergency room you hurt yourself on the job, and give them a contact name and phone number of your insurance carrier or your employer.
Do not go on your own to your private doctor for treatment. The insurance carrier must authorize the doctor who is to treat you.
If your employer or insurance carrier does not respond to your request for medical treatment, you can contact the Employee Assistance and Ombudsman Office for assistance at 800 342-1741 or at wceao@myfloridacfo.com.

Lost Wages and Other Monetary Compensation

The rate, amount, and the duration of compensation for all disability benefits are detailed in the workers' compensation law.

For assistance, call 1-800-342-1741 or e-mail us at wceao@myfloridacfo.com.
Temporary Disability Benefits

There are two types of temporary disability benefits that you may be entitled to during your recovery, to make up for some of your lost wages:

Temporary Total disability (TT):
If your doctor says you cannot work, because of your work-related injury or illness, you should receive money equaling 66 2/3% of your regular wages at the time you were hurt, subject to a statewide maximum reimbursement amount.
You will not receive temporary disability benefits for the first 7 days of disability, unless you are disabled more than 21 days due to the work-related injury as determined by the authorized doctor.
Certain severe injuries may entitle you to 80% of your regular wages for up to 6 months after the accident.
For an estimate of your benefits, please click here.
Temporary Partial disability (TP):
When the doctor states you can return to work with restrictions, you may be eligible to receive Temporary Partial Disability Benefits if you are unable to earn 80% of the wages you were earning at the time of your accident.
For an estimate of your benefits, please click here.

You can receive up to a total of 104 weeks of temporary disability benefits.
Impairment Benefits (IB)

When your doctor states you are at Maximum Medical Improvement, your condition is not expected to improve significantly, and the doctor will have you evaluated for possible permanent work restrictions and an impairment rating.

If you receive a permanent impairment rating greater than 0%, you will receive money based on that rating.
For an estimate of your benefits, please click here.

Permanent Total Disability Benefits (PT)

If after reaching Maximum Medical Improvement your injuries are so severe, as defined by law, that you are left permanently unable to work, you may receive permanent total disability benefits.

For assistance in estimating PT benefits, please contact the Bureau of Monitoring and Audit at 850-413-1608.
Death Benefits

If a work-related death occurs within one year of the date of accident or five years of continuous disability, the following benefits may be due and payable up to a maximum total of $150,000:

Funeral expenses up to $7,500
Compensation to dependents, as defined by law
Educational benefits to the surviving spouse

For assistance, call 1-800-342-1741 or e-mail us at wceao@myfloridacfo.com.

Home health care workers are at risk for Lifting, pushing and pulling. Call the lawyers of Workers Compensation Helpline, For the injured worker today to protect your rights.

NIOSH Acts To Prevent Lifting Injuries For Home Healthcare Workers,
The National Institute for Occupational Health and Safety (NIOSH) has published educational information to prevent musculoskeletal injuries at work. Injuries caused by ergonomic factors have been a major issue of the Federal government for decades and have been the basis for repetitive trauma motion claims for workers' compensation benefits. While the Clinton-Democratic administration had advocated strongly for ergonomic regulations, the Bush-Republican administration took action to reject the reporting of ergonomic injuries to OSHA.
A work-related musculoskeletal disorder is an injury of the muscles, tendons, ligaments, nerves, joints, cartilage, bones, or blood vessels in the arms, legs, head, neck, or back that is caused or aggravated by work tasks such as lifting, pushing, and pulling. Symptoms include pain, stiffness, swelling, numbness, and tingling.
Lifting and moving clients create a high risk for back injury and other muscoskeletal disorders for home healthcare workers.

Home Health Care Workers and Workers for the disabled and elderly should

Use ergonomic assistive devices if they are available.

When it’s not possible to avoid manual patient handling:

Stand as close to the patient as possible to avoid reaching, bending and twisting. To avoid rotating the spine, make sure one foot is in the direction of the move.

Keep your knees bent and feet apart.

Use gentle rocking motions to move a patient.

When pulling a patient up from an adjustable bed, lower the head of the bed until it is flat or down. Raise the patient’s knees and encourage the patient to push.

Don’t stand in one place. Move around the patient’s bed so you can position yourself in a safe posture rather than stretching, bending, and reaching.

Needle sticks and blood exposure

Home health care nurses are at risk of needlesticks and blood exposures, yet few studies have been conducted related to such exposures in the home health care setting. This article describes a cross sectional prevalence pilot study of needlesticks and blood exposures conducted among three home health care agencies in the San Francisco Bay area. Needlestick and blood exposure reports from 1993 to 1996 were submitted from three home health care agencies. The exposures were categorized using an existing categorization system and compiled into a composite report. A total of 52 exposures occurred; nurses sustained 92% of exposures. Twenty-three percent occurred before, during, or after needle disposal; 17% from manipulating intravenous/access ports; 15% from improper disposal; and 13.5% during or after blood draw. Needle safety devices need to be specifically designed for the unique home health care setting and for a standardized rate of calculating needlestick injuries in this setting.

Home health aides typically visit patients' homes to assist with activities of daily living, such as bathing, dressing and eating. Many people enrolled in home health care have multiple health challenges, which can result in erratic and sometimes violent behavior. Home health aides also engage in manual labors like lifting patients. These aides are often injured multiple times on the job and these injuries affect more than just the employees. Home-health-care organizations and the long-term-care industry suffer from the effects of these occupational injuries, the researchers report at the 2010 Academy of Management Annual Meeting in Montreal.

If you are a Home Health care aidse injured on the job call for the injured worker today to protect you rights.

In Florida if you are injured on a Dangerous Job you require an experienced Workers Compensation Lawyer

What are the most dangerous jobs in Florida resulting in on the job injures. Truck Drivers have the highest on the job injuroes and death.

Florida Trend breaks down the most dangerous jobs. The typical person killed on the job in Florida is a white male about 50-years-old and is a truck driver earning about $30,000 a year who died in a traffic accident. Truck drivers had the largest category of deaths on the job at 43 in 2007.

Construction workers were next at 29. 21 grounds workers were killed while 16 police officers lost their lives. In all seven officers were gunned down in 2007.

Interestingly, one would think that being a roofer is a dangerous occupation, but it ranks ninth in the list of ten.

As far as being safe on the job in an office, think again. Workplace homicides rose by 46 percent in Florida in 2007, while they were up 13 percent nationwide.

The vast majority- about 85 percent- involved shootings. People to fall victim were police officers as mentioned but also restaurant workers and salespeople. In one case a man was shot during an attempted robbery at a BP station in Tallahassee. In another case, a 63-year-old woman working at Disney, was hit by a ride which knocked her to the ground where she hit her head and died.

Florida has the third highest number of fatalities at work following Texas (527) and California (407). Overall, the good news, if you can call it that, is your chances of dying on the job are slim, about 4.6 per 100,000 workers, but still substantially more than the national average of 3.7 per 100,000.

If you have been injured on the job, call for the injured worker to obtain a workers compensation lawyer.

Injured Policemen Need an Experienced Workers Compensation lawyer. Our policemen like firemen are our first line defense and help in all emergencies. An injured policeman must have his or her rights protected.

Police officers face tough challenges almost every day on the job. Officers also have to worry about those challenges turning into serious injuries. If you are a police officer who has been hurt on the job, you are entitled to recover workers' compensation benefits to help you with medical bills and wages until you are ready to return to work.

Police officer is one of the most hazardous jobs there is. According to national statistics the chance of being injured on the job is 11.7%. The number of injuries in 2009 was 50,800.

Working as a police officer, you’re putting yourself in potential danger each and every day. The very nature of your business is to defuse potentially harmful situations. And not only are the fatality rates for police officers high, as a profession, injuries are frequent. Below is a list of injuries police officers often get:

Hand and fingers

Open wound or laceration

Assaulted by another person, in particular from getting bitten by an offender

Occupational violence

Muscle & tendon sprains & strains

Assaulted by another person when restraining or arresting them

Knee

Chasing offenders on foot and falling over

getting out of vehicles onto uneven ground and falling;

tripping over objects on the ground;

arresting or restraining offenders;

from undertaking physical skills training/experience,

Muscle & tendon sprains & strains

Slips, trips and falls

Psychological stressors

Mental stress and anxiety

Exposure to violence or traumatic situations

Occupational stress

Shoulder

Muscle & tendon sprains & strains

Arresting or restraining offenders

undertaking physical skills training/experience,

wrestling and practicing handcuffing and crowd control

Manual tasks

Neck

Muscle & tendon sprains & strains

Vehicle accidents

Plant, machinery and equipment

Ankle

Muscle & tendon sprains & strains

Falling when getting out of vehicles;

chasing offenders on foot; tripping on uneven ground surfaces;

undertaking physical skills training/experience,

running and doing obstacle courses

Slips, trips and falls

Face

Contusions, bruising and superficial crushing

Assaulted by another person when arresting or restraining them

Occupational violence

Chest (thorax)

Contusions, bruising and superficial crushing

Assaulted by another person when arresting or restraining

Occupational violence

Source: Queensland Employee Injury Database. Data current as at August 2008 and is subject to change over time. Based on accepted workers' compensation claims, excluding commuting claims, between 2000-01 and 2006-07 which resulted in a musculoskeletal injury.

Police officers are also faces with death on the job. If you are an injured police officer and require a workers compensation lawye call the for the injured worker, workers compensation helpline today.

The National Institute for Occupational Health and Safety has published educational information to prevent muskuloskeletal Injuries at work. Injuries caused by ergonomic factors have been a major issue of the Federal government for decades and have been the basis for repetitive trauma motion claims for workers' compensation benefits. While the Clinton-Democratic administration had advocated strongly for ergonomic regulations, the Bush-Republican administration took action to reject the reporting of ergonomic injuries to OSHA.

A work-related musculoskeletal disorder is an injury of the muscles, tendons, ligaments, nerves, joints, cartilage, bones, or blood vessels in the arms, legs, head, neck, or back that is caused or aggravated by work tasks such as lifting, pushing, and pulling. Symptoms include pain, stiffness, swelling, numbness, and tingling.

The Bureau of Labor Statistics of the Department of Labor defines MSDs as musculoskeletal system and connective tissue diseases and disorders when the event or exposure leading to the case is bodily reaction (e.g., bending, climbing, crawling, reaching, twisting), overexertion, or repetitive motion. MSDs do not include disorders caused by slips, trips, falls, or similar incidents. Examples of MSDs include:

Sprains, strains, and tears

Back pain

Carpal tunnel syndrome

Hernia

Work-related musculoskeletal disorders occur when there is a mismatch between the physical requirements of the job and the physical capacity of the human body. More than 100 different injuries can result from repetitive motions that produce wear and tear on the body. Specific risk factors associated with work-related musculoskeletal disorders include repetitive motion, heavy lifting, forceful exertion, contact stress, vibration, awkward posture, and rapid hand and wrist movement.

Fot the injured worker admiraly and maritime lawyers help injured seamen collect their injury benefits. if you have neen injured in the course of your work as a harbor worker or seamen call us right away to protect your rights.

The Longshore and Harbor Workers' Compensation Act (LHWCA) provides employment-injury and occupational-disease protection to workers who are injured or contract occupational diseases occurring on the navigable waters of the United States, or in adjoining areas, and for certain other classes of workers covered by extensions of this Act. The LHWCA is a federal law and covers longshoremen, ship breakers, shipbuilders, ship repairmen, and harbor workers. The Act does not cover a master or members of a vessel's crew; these workers are covered by other federal laws such as the Jones Act.

The LHWCA requires that compensation be provided in the form of time-loss payments, medical and vocational expenses, and permanent disability compensation for injuries. Though the law was designed to be a simple, efficient, no-fault system of compensation for on-the-job injuries, it can be a nightmare if your employer or its insurer denies your right to benefits. Our experienced longshore and maritime attorneys will thoroughly handle each aspect of the case, including filing the initial claim, ensuring that a claimant receives the full benefits provided by law, litigating disputed cases at trial before the United States Department of Labor administrative law judges, writing appellate briefs, and presenting oral argument to the appellate tribunals.

Call us immediately of you were injured at sea on the navigable waters of the United States.